Installing a OS to a server

[UltraNet]

Could someone help me install Windows Server 2008 R2 onto my Dell PowerEdge FS12-NV7 2U? Im confused, And it needs something else than just a ISO

[techguru]

Could someone help me install Windows Server 2008 R2 onto my Dell PowerEdge FS12-NV7 2U? Im confused, And it needs something else than just a ISO

burn the iso to a usb stick with rufus...

[SIGSEGV]

Use unetbootin to burn it to the USB

[UltraNet]

unetbootin or rufus?

[ArcticDolphin]

unetbootin or rufus?

Rufus. Unetbootin is primarily focused on linux.

[UltraNet]

I used Rufus and booted from the USB on the server. Just gives me a blank screen with a _ 

 

help?

[Jarsky]

Did you set the boot priority order to boot from USB before your hard disk / network adapter?

Installing to a server isnt something magical, it's the same as installing to your desktop.

[UltraNet]

Did you set the boot priority order to boot from USB before your hard disk / network adapter?

Installing to a server isnt something magical, it's the same as installing to your desktop.

Yes I did.

[UltraNet]

I think the ISO im using is corrupted. UGH. Whats the best OS for running a gaming server? (Multicraft) And please link me.

[Jarsky]

Theres no general best for "gaming server", but for your specific case with Minecraft, I found it ran best on linux - the particular flavor I used for mine was CraftBukkit running on CentOS (which is a Redhat Linux Kernel).

 

If you're struggling to install an OS and have never used Linux though, might be easiest to stick with Windows. I'd just go Windows 7 or if you really want a server version, Windows 2008 R2 is very low resource (350-500MB memory at idle)  which is a good thing with the memory that Java uses to run Minecraft

[WindowsVistaUser12]

Theres no general best for "gaming server", but for your specific case with Minecraft, I found it ran best on linux - the particular flavor I used for mine was CraftBukkit running on CentOS (which is a Redhat Linux Kernel).

If you're struggling to install an OS and have never used Linux though, might be easiest to stick with Windows. I'd just go Windows 7 or if you really want a server version, Windows 2008 R2 is very low resource (350-500MB memory at idle) which is a good thing with the memory that Java uses to run Minecraft

Windows Server 2008 R2 is the server version of Windows 7.

[UltraNet]

I tried installing the same ISO the server as my computer. Still giving me the blank screen like this:

 

+-------------------------------+

|  _                                  |
|                                      |
|                                      |
|                                      |
|                                      |
+-------------------------------+

 

^ Imagine that is the screen ^

[UltraNet]

Any ideas?

[tty82]

Same here, did you find a solution?

[LogicalDrm]

9 hours ago, tty82 said:

Same here, did you find a solution?

This thread is 5 years old. OP haven't been back in 3 years. Locking. Post your own threads as things HAVE changed in 5 years.